On Tue, 2006-08-22 at 15:50 -0400, Bob Mariotti wrote: > My money is still on the on-board ATI graphics and/or LCD monitor > combo. I've had issues with these with all distros from the get-go. > Stange through that any and all install processes don't have an issue > with them as the install graphics look just fine. And when I check > the settings in the X11/xorg.conf the seem correct. Of course, then > the only way to get any visual video is to change the driver to > "vesa". So wait... is the problem with X? Or with booting the machine? They are two totally separate, independent issues. Can you boot into mode 3? (non-graphical, multi-user mode) Or does it fail to actually complete booting at some point? What does dmesg show when it fails? Related to your X issues, I've had nothing but great success with my ATI adapters in Linux (and since that's all I happen to have here, laptops and servers, I'm wed to them). Have you tried changing the driver to 'radeon' instead of the fglrx driver in your xorg.conf? (i.e. use the OSS driver, not the proprietary ATI driver). Is the proper kernel module loaded (agpgart, r300, etc.) I'd check inittab, force it into mode 3 (not mode 5) and see if you can actually use the machine from that point. When X fails, can you ssh into the machine and still function on it remotely? Or does it physically lock up the hardware? So many avenues to check... -- David A. Desrosiers desrod gnu-designs com http://gnu-designs.com "No you can't have my rights, I'm still using them."
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